According to data from Foreclosure Listing Service (FLS) Inc., foreclosure postings filed for auction at North Texas' four primary county courthouses — Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton — reached an all-time high during the first quarter of 2009. (Although the first quarter will technically end on March 31, foreclosure auction filings must be filed at the courthouse the previous month before the auctions take effect.)
FLS statistics show that 13,259 foreclosure auction postings were filed at Dallas-Fort Worth area courthouses by the end of February in advance of the "first quarter 2009 foreclosure auction," a record high according to FLS. And, for the upcoming month of March alone, FLS data shows an additional 4,276 foreclosure postings will likely be filed.
Family pets across the U.S. and North Texas are finding hardship in this economic crunch too. Dog and cat surrenders to municipal pounds, and rescue organizations are on the increase. If you have a little extra space in your heart and your house, please consider adopting one of these economic refugees. Here are just of few of the German Shepherd Dogs turned over to the Good Shepherd Rescue Organization of North Texas.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
‘Democrat Party’ Doesn’t Exist.
ThinkProgress.Org
During today’s House Budget Committee hearing, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) repeatedly referenced the “Democrat Party” while questioning Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag. Immediately following Hensarling’s time, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) took him to task for using the purposefully-disparaging moniker, reminding him that no such party exists:
Next time and every time you here someone call the Democratic Party the “Democrat Party” please take them to task just like Rep. Kaptur!
I’d like to begin by saying to my colleague from Texas that there isn’t a single member on this side of the aisle that belongs to the “Democrat Party.” We belong to the Democratic Party. So the party you were referring to doesn’t even exist. And I would just appreciate the courtesy when you’re referring to our party, if you’re referring to the Democratic Party, to refer to it as such.Watch the video...
Next time and every time you here someone call the Democratic Party the “Democrat Party” please take them to task just like Rep. Kaptur!
Texas Freedom Network Lobby Day
Fast on the heels of their groundbreaking report on the lack of medically accurate sex education in Texas Schools, Texas Freedom Network will be visiting legislators on Lobby Day, March 10, 2009.
TFN will address for key issues to Standing up for Science (participants choose one area to be trained in and lobby on behalf of):
TFN will address for key issues to Standing up for Science (participants choose one area to be trained in and lobby on behalf of):
- Sex education
- Stem cell research
- Evolution and science curriculum/structure and power of the State Board of Education
- Youth advocacy and sex education (a specially designed track for youth advocates or those interested in mobilizing youth on this issue)
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